We're not quite sure what to make of this, but it appears that the AccuWeather app for
S60 5th Edition devices has gone ahead and leaked an unknown Nokia device -- the "Saga" -- which appears to be a sort of
N97 Mini Mini (two "Minis" on purpose there) that trades the tilting screen for a more traditional flat sliding one. As
Symbian-Guru points out, Nokia itself doesn't typically assign names to its handsets -- it leaves that job to its carrier partners -- so this might simply be a branded version of one of the existing N97 variants, but naturally, the leaked device theory is juicier. At any rate, if this were to come Stateside, they might have a bit of trouble slipping it by Samsung since they've
already got a Saga in the mix here, so we'll be keeping an eye out for some blander N, E, or X series label if this gets real.
Update: David Fields of the Nokia Messaging team is saying over on
Symbian-Guru that it's simply an N97 Mini -- but that still doesn't explain where the Saga name comes into play. The mystery continues!
Update 2: Another Nokia spokesperson has contacted us to let us know that "Saga" was Nokia's internal codename for the N97 Mini... so yeah, no new hardware here.
posted January 12th 2010 4:58PM
Bad choice if it is true, "Nokia Saga" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
@jon
They're Finnish. It will be a tale of drinking and fighting. And snow.
@jon for U.S. marketing purposes, Lady Gaga would advertise and the phone will be renamed to... just saying
@GN1
The Gaga Saga? Now that I would pay money for.
@jon mmm i was thinking along of Nokia Gaga.. but hey whatever sales right? :D
Man it's cold wherever they are.
@ElCapitan
If they aren't in the US, they aren't using Farenheit.
@NumberWang yeah that is the us because it F where i live it hit -31F the other day plus in Cs there wont be that bog a jump form positive and negative. kinda weird how Nokia started using names for its phones never hear of any other Nokia with a actual name
Whoops! BOB SAGA!
This truely is the Next Chapter in the Nokia Saga
@PATRICKmcnicholl badum tish!
The screen is quite clearly tilted, and it's quite clearly a stock photo of the N97 Mini.
@sockatume what are you saying? that's like catching a rad republican and hardcore liberal making out in the back alley, so hot!
@sockatume Correct, a Nokia employee confirmed this on the symbian guru website.
Can someone leak an Android Nokia phone that works on AT&T's 3G? That would be nice.
leaking a Nokia Phone thats NOT a useless plastic brick would be great.
@CtrlBurn "Android Nokia phone"
Does not compute.
@CtrlBurn what are you saying? that's like catching a rad republican and hardcore liberal making out in the back alley, so hot!
@CtrlBurn
Does a phone that works on att's 3G even exist?
@t1616
Yes, they exist. Ex: Nokia E71x and Nokia 5800XM work well with AT&T3G and perform better than iphone in areas where iphone stutters.
Keep up the pace nokia, and guess who is gonna be mini mini soon...
I dunno but for me I'd have to say it'd be more of an N900 mini!...Right!?...anyone with me on this!?
Amazing that someone would even notice a banner ad for a phone and think "Hey, that hasn't been released yet!"
It's already been pointed out by a Nokia employee that its an N97 Mini on the comments in the same article you just linked to.
If only they would bring some of these designs to the E series, everybody doesn't want a giant block phone how about a E series slider
@Xoy E65? E75? E66?
Major missed opportunity here: instead of "the mystery continues," it could have been "the saga continues."
@ScienceProUSAcom
On dragonball Z!!
Just to close the loop on this and repeat myself from Symbian Guru, that picture is of an N97 Mini.
I don't want to spoil the fun and ruin the mystery here, but "Saga" is the internal name for the N97 Mini, and this ad was a mockup that accidentally briefly appeared with the rest of the ad campaign.
If you want to see what all the fuss was about, you can go to where the ad pointed and visit http://messaging.nokia.com to see what Nokia is doing in Email, IM, and Social Networking on its devices.
Thanks,
-Davis Fields
Nokia Messaging
SO the Nokia guy emails and says what it is. Then how does Chris explain this comment?
"the "Saga" which appears to be a sort of N97 Mini Mini (two "Minis" on purpose there) that trades the tilting screen for a more traditional flat sliding one."
so is an N97 Mini an N97 Mini or a N97 Mini Mini.
What about the picture led you to believe it was something other than an N97 Mini besides the Saga name? No physical difference can be seen...because the Nokia guy is right, that's an N97 Mini.
The guy who captured this screenshot is from Indiana. So let's get the obvious out of the way, shall we? Since the guy is from the USA, and since we know that Nokia doesn't name their devices like that, we can only surmise that somebody leaked an N97 Mini that's going to be released by most likely, AT&T. I don't believe for a second that this ad was a mistake, as the Guru claims. It's been way too long since a decent Nokia was announced for a US carrier.
Is it only available to over 50s?
Umm, I have an N97 and my AccuWeather app doesn't have ads...